New Hampshire patents
The Concord Monitor runs a list of patents that have been issued recently to companies or individuals in New Hampshire. Check it out.
Open-source community looks at medical device shortage
At least one New Hampshire member of the Makerspace community - Adam Shrey, one of the leaders of MakeIt Labs in Nashua, the state's first makerspace - is involved in an effort to create open-source medical equipment. I talked to Ja’dan Johnson in Flordia, who's...
NH Tech Alliance webinar for businesses in the time of COVID
Tomorrow (Friday, march 20) the New Hampshire Tech Alliance will hold a webinar on "options available to New Hampshire businesses struggling with many sudden changes. This webinar is free and open to all. It will also be recorded and immediate available to everyone...
Yes, the COVID virus is natural
There's no New Hampshire angle to this, but in the light of some wacko speculation it seems useful: From Scripps Research The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin, scientists say LA JOLLA, CA – March 17 – The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that...
Science Cafe NH is on hold, so why not revisit a few
Science Cafe New Hampshire is on a COVID19 timeout, both in Concord and Nashua. Very sad, I know, but this gives you the opportunity to make a video stroll through some cafes that you missed. To properly set the Science Cafe scene, make dinner and grab a beer or other...
‘Live free or die’ has a new meaning right now
In the age of COVID-19 “Live Free or Die” takes on a whole new meaning, because a virus is not a terrorist. Doubling down on normal life – living free – was a proper response after 9/11 to show terrorists that Americans weren’t cowed by their attack. Doubling down on...
Antibiotic fights root cause of Lyme disease (in mice, that is)
From Stanford University, a glimmer of hope for fighting Lyme disease - with the proviso that this has only been tested in mice and petri dishes, and many results don't translate from there to humans: A new Stanford Medicine study in lab dishes and mice provides...
Even in the midst of chaos, we need flowers
In a desperate attempt to think about something other than COVID-19 and quarantines, I was happy to get this press release from UNH: By Lori Wright, UNH News Service: New Hampshire has seen a dramatic increase in cut flower farms, underscoring the need for reliable...
Covid kludge hand bandana pushback
A number of readers were highly unimpressed with my Covid kludge (or kluge) of carrying a bandana around and using it as hand protection for doorknobs, etc. Better than gloves, which get in the way of everything else, and always available unlike a paper towel. They...
Maine island’s microgrid will use supercapacitors, not batteries
The debate between capacitors and batteries for storing electricity is a long one - the former can charge more quickly, store more energy and generally have a longer lifespan than batteries, but they don't hold energy over time as well and, importantly, their voltage...
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Science Cafe NHAbout Granite Geek
Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WKXL radio in Concord.
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.